List of United States Air Force installations

United States Active Duty

Active-duty USAF bases in the United States are under the jurisdiction of the following Major Commands. There are 59 Active Bases across the country:

DoD Joint Bases (USAF units)

Department of Defense Joint Bases were established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The legislation ordered the consolidation of separate military installations into a single joint base as a result of the law. Jurisdiction was designated by the DoD. Most of the facilities were geographically adjoining; others were within the same area.

United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa

USAF air component for U.S. European Command (EUCOM). USAFE has seven main operating bases along with 114 geographically separated locations.

Pacific Air Forces

PACAF's primary mission is to provide U.S. Pacific Command integrated expeditionary Air Force capabilities to defend the Homeland, promote stability, dissuade/deter aggression, and swiftly defeat enemies. PACAF traces its roots to the activation of Far East Air Forces, 3 Aug 1944, at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It consisted of three numbered air forces—5th, 7th and 13th—which were supporting combat operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. DoD Joint Bases in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam are not listed.

United States Air Forces Central

The primary mission of units assigned to United States Air Forces Central (USAFCENT), are to support the Global War on Terrorism by providing aerial support for U.S. and Coalition forces on the ground. Air Expeditionary units assigned to USAFCENT are in provisional status and do not carry a permanent history or lineage.

Publicly disclosed units and stations are listed below:

Air National Guard & Air Force Reserve

Air National Guard units are a reserve military force composed of state Air National Guard militia members or federally recognized units and report to the governor of their respective state, territory (Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands) or the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard. Each of the 54 Air National Guard organizations is supervised by the adjutant general of the state or territory,

Air Force Reserve units are aligned under Fourth Air Force, Tenth Air Force and Twenty-Second Air Force of the Air Force Reserve Command. The command has Fighter, Air Refueling and Airlift units, and is administratively responsible for all the Air Force's individual mobilization augmentees.

Inactive United States Air Force installations

Does not include United States Army Air Forces facilities closed before September 1947.

United States

See: North Warning System for a list of contractor-operated Distant Early Warning Line (DEW) radar stations in Greenland (Denmark), Canada and Alaska. See: Eastern Test Range for Air Force Auxiliary Bases established to support missile and rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during the 1950s and early 1960s.

Europe/Mediterranean/North Atlantic

Includes bases in North Africa and the United Kingdom used by Strategic Air Command and bases used by the United States Air Forces in Europe (after 1947). Non-flying minor Air Stations not included.

Belgium/The Netherlands

Florennes Air Base, Belgium

Used as BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile base, 1984–1989

Soesterberg Air Base, Netherlands (Closed 1994)

Woensdrecht Air Base, Netherlands

Planned BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile base (Closed 1988, never made active)

Eastern Europe

Air Bases in Bulgaria and Romania negotiated by diplomatic agreements for USAF use not included

Mostar Airport, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Closed 1997)

Taszár Air Base, Hungary (Closed 2010)

Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Closed 2008)

Austria/Germany

Includes Occupied Austria (1945–1955), Occupied Germany (1947–1949); West Germany (1949–1990), and Occupied Berlin (West Berlin) (1947–1990)

Iceland

Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland (Closed 2006)

Denmark (Greenland)

Narsarsuaq Air Base, Greenland (Closed 1958)

Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland, (Closed 1992)

Lend-Lease bases

Caribbean Lend-Lease bases inactivated in 1949, however 99-year lease signed in 1940 remains in effect, United States has right of return until 2039.

Southwest and Central Asia

Only bases publicly disclosed by United States Air Forces Central listed. Current status is undetermined unless noted.

Arabian Peninsula

Egypt

Cairo West Airport, Egypt (Closed 1991)

Jordan

H-4 Air Base, Jordan (Closed 2003)

Shaheed Mwaffaq Air Base, Jordan (Closed 1991)

Kuwait

Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait (Closed 2003, Re-established 2014)

Saudi Arabia

King Abdul Aziz Air Base, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Closed 2003)

King Khalid Air Base, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia (Closed 2003)

King Faisal Naval Base, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia (Closed 2003)

King Fahd International Airport, Dammam, Saudi Arabia (Closed 1991)

Prince Sultan Air Base, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia (Closed 2003)

Riyadh Air Base, Saudi Arabia (Closed 2003)

Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia (Closed 2003)

Oman

Masirah Air Base, Masirah Island, Oman (Inactive)

Seeb International Airport, Muscat, Oman (Closed 2002)

Qatar

Doha International Airport, Qatar (Closed 1991)

United Arab Emirates

Al Ain International Airport, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (Closed 1991)

Al Banteen Air Base, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Closed 1991)

Al Minhad Air Base, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Closed 1991)

Sharjah International Airport, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Closed 1991)

Central Asia

Note: Former Soviet Air Forces bases **

Iraq

Seized Iraqi air bases not used by the United States:

Note: Former Iraqi Air Force "Super Base" designation was given to airfields with numerous above-ground hardened aircraft-shelters and underground facilities that could shelter between four and ten aircraft on average. During Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the Iraqi Air Force essentially stood down except in a few cases of self-defence against US and British air strikes. Despite their size – or exactly because of it – most of these airfields were barely defended in 2003 and with a few exceptions, the "Super Base" facilities were captured intact with very little damage.

Most Iraqi Air Force aircraft in various conditions from being flyable to abandoned hulks (a large number were buried) were seized by the United States and its coalition partners, however it is known that Syrian and Iranian agents were busy removing radars and items from the avionics bays and cockpits. By autumn 2004 only some 20–25 unserviceable wrecks of Iraqi aircraft and helicopters were left scattered around the many Iraqi airfields. The destruction of the Iraqi Air Force was probably one of the most complete such actions in the history of military aviation.

Although most of the former "Super Bases" have been de-militarized and today are abandoned facilities being reclaimed by the desert, a few were refurbished and were subsequently used by Army, Air Force and Marine units. They may form the organization of a new Iraqi Air Force equipped with surplus United States F-16, C-130 and other light aircraft.

Western Pacific

See Far East Air Force Korean airfields (K-sites) for airfields established in the Korean Peninsula during the Korean War (1950–1953) See Southeast Asia section for USAF bases used during the Vietnam War (1960–1976)

.* In 1992 the US government changed the status of three US air bases in South Korea. Kwang Ju Air Base, Suwon Air Base and Taegu Air Base had previously been announced as ending operations, but would instead operate at reduced levels. 15 USAF personnel were assigned to each base, and reside in former officer quarters, which was basically a small apartment. USAF aircraft transit each base, with the personnel providing transient support and maintain USAF equipment stored at each base in case of an emergency for reactivation in which ACC and other units would deploy to them. In addition, the ROK use the airfields as an air base and civil airport

Taiwan

Note: As part of a mutual defense pact, the Republic of China (Taiwan) permitted United States forces, to utilize many ROC bases between 1957–1979. Deployments ended in 1979 as part of the drawdown of United States military forces in Asia after the end of the Vietnam War and the United States' transfer of diplomatic relations from the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the People's Republic of China in 1979. For more information, see United States Taiwan Defense Command and 327th Air Division.

Southeast Asia

.** Note: Although active USAF use at U-Tapao ended in 1976, USAF and other DoD personnel have been temporarily deployed to the base for contingency operations in South Asia in the years since. Also U-Tapao supports various Foreign Military Sales in South Asia and DoD military personnel assigned to United States diplomatic postings in the region.